Re: Accessing Files on Android Device With Linux

tb <nospam@example.invalid> Wrote in message:

I have an ASUS Zenfone Max Plus 1 with Android 8.1.0.
I also have MX Linux 21.3 on a PC.
With the PC I am trying to access the folder in the phone where pictures
are stored.  So I plugged the phone using a USB cable into a port of my
PC but nothing happened.
I used my PC's File Manager to see if the phone would show up as a
plugged in device but it did not.
Is it even possible to access files on an Android device using Linux?  I
would think so since Android is a derivative of Linux, but one never
knows...
Thanks.

Every device and Android version I've had has behaved slightly
 differently. It could be hit-and-miss in the past but these days
 it's pretty easy. But there are tricks.

Get the phone to use MTP when a usb cable is plugged in. It will
 probably default to charging (and there is PTP too but I've not
 seen it recently). That may be in settings. I've known it to be
 in advanced settings, and even in developer mode. It you don't
 find that nothing will work. Try different USB ports: one I had
 preferred USB 2 ones.

When you plug in the cable for the first time make sure the phone
 is on and you're looking at it! Mine (Android 13) puts up a
 momentary access permission request. Past devices have put a usb
 icon top-left which I had to pull down and select MTP. One asked
 whether to trust the PC in future.

On my Linux (SUSE) and if MTP is selected  a Samsung desktop icon
 appears . I click to mount and open a window (it's using FUSE)
 but I don't see any files until I've granted permission on the
 phone. I then have to refresh to see them.
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